novelThe Hero Who Failed to Arrive
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Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
While Yan Qing's arrows never missed a target, he still only had three of them.
If a dozen eagles lunged at him simultaneously, he wouldn't have enough time to kill them all at once, and he would inevitably be surrounded and attacked by the eagles that were as strong as the Golden Condors.
He might even be flung off the mountain, which would mean the failure of this challenge!
"Zhou! Zhou! Zhou!"
Half a minute later, the eagles in the sky finally moved. Almost twenty eagles cried in the sky and swooped at Yan Qing through the gales!
Whoosh!
This time, Yan Qing wasn't in a hurry to take action.
Instead, he focused his attention on the eagles that were swooping down and kept his crossbow raised while he slightly adjusted the shooting angle during his observation! "He's watching the feathers of the eagles!"
Ji Ye, who was also good with arrows, realized that Yan Qing was checking out the influence of the wind to confirm the direction and speed of the wind on the last part of the trip between him and the Eagle Man player on the mountaintop by observing the feathers on the eagles during their flight.
When the eagles descended to fifty meters above him...
Whoosh!
The first delicate arrow was shot and hit the chest of one of the eagles, neutralizing the victim and creating an opening in the sky above Yan Qing's head.
Whoosh!
Yan Qing was fast enough to load the second arrow and then shoot it out.
This time, the arrow passed through the opening left by the eagle hit by the first arrow and soared to the sky.
Whoosh!
Because of the powerful gales on the mountaintop, the arrow deviated and flew past the Eagle Man player's head with a distance of three feet!
Yan Qing's eyes, however, glittered on his vague face.
Pa!
He loosened the string that fastened the third arrow and shot it out.
Whoosh!
The last arrow was slightly readjusted and brushed past the wing of an eagle that was attempting to fill the opening. It flew up!
"Zhou! Zhou! Zhou!"
Almost at the same time when he shot out the third arrow, a dozen eagles reached Yan Qing's head. With hatred in their sharp eyes, they extended their claws that were strong enough to rip tigers apart at him!
Pew! Pew! Pew!
However, the moment the blood-freezing claws touched Yan Qing's body, all the eagles began to disintegrate from their claws, until they all turned into masses of air in regret!
It was because the third arrow, after reaching the mountaintop, was deviated by the powerful gales and hit the Eagle Man player's forehead.
The arrow had lost most of its momentum after flying a hundred meters, but since it had a "fatal" feature in this test, the result of the battle was decided the moment it hit the Eagle Man player!
Pew!
On the mountaintop, the Eagle Man player dispersed into air masses too!
In fact, not just the Eagle Man player and his eagles, but the whole mountain and the gales around turned into air masses and then flowed towards Yan Qing.
"Huh? Yan Qing's tattoo?"
Su Nongying appeared surprised.
The tattoos on Yan Qing had originally been the popular flower patterns in the Song Dynasty, but after the tremendous amount of air masses flowed in, they were transformed into two new pictures.
On his chest was a drawing of what appeared at the battlefield just now, and there was a green flying eagle on his back!
After the air masses flowed in, Yan Qing's previously vague face became clear. He was exactly as charming as described in the poem, but unlike the pretty boys in modern society, there was certain strength in his handsomeness. No wonder he was described as a phoenix and a peacock.
"Well, he's definitely more handsome..."
While Ji Ye observed Yan Qing, he didn't know that Su Nongying secretly compared him with Yan Qing and then reached a conclusion.
But it definitely proved that Ji Ye was comparable to Yan Qing in terms of handsomeness!
"Sir!"
Yan Qing seemed rather excited.
Although his memories were mainly those before he went to Liangshan, he was already aware of his destiny, and he was naturally thrilled to see Lu Junyi again who was killed by Gao Qiu's vile tricks.
"Master!
Naturally, he didn't forget to pay respect to Ji Ye, because Ji Ye was the one who provided the offering, which was even more important than the Soul of Civilization that Lu Junyi provided.
[Yan Qing]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]
[Rarity: Commander]
[Description:
[Title: Heavenly Deft Star.
[Nickname: Rogue.
[He is one of the ten commanders of Liangshan infantry. He is talented, loyal, and an insider of many trades!]
"With Yan Qing staying behind, we wouldn't need to worry about the fort while we're away."
After seeing Yan Qing's stats, Ji Ye remarked.
While Yan Qing wasn't really one of the leaders of Liangshan, he definitely had the capabilities of one.
Ji Ye even remembered Shi Naian's own remark in Water Margin, where he praised Yan Qing as "he is the last of the 36 stars, but he is smart and knows his fate better than the other 35".
"Wow. Has the hero who can melt the glass heart been summoned... ? He is Yan Qing the Rogue?"
At this moment, Elder Meng, who had just returned to the fort, was tempted after being informed by a player.
"Yes. Although the person whose summoning failed was more suitable to administrate the fort, Yan Qing is perhaps a better candidate from a comprehensive point of view."
Elder Jiao, who was with him, nodded with a smile after hearing that.
That's right. Actually, this Pure Blue Glass Heart had already been used in a ritual once before, but the summoning failed.
Clearly, the offering that the player who carried the Eagle Men's seed of providence was too special for any hero to melt successfully.
Even though the hero who attempted to arrive was even more famous than Yan Qing and only second to Lu Junyi and Song Jiang on Liangshan, which meant that the power of providence of mankind must've given him more help than it gave Yan Qing, he wasn't really suitable for this offering or the Twin Dragon Mount fort at this moment.
Hum!
Ji Ye looked at the twin dragons made of the power of providence in the temple. They were still very condensed even though a Perfect hero had just been summoned.
They were now spinning around the green settlement core of the Eagle Men's and absorbing the power of providence.
Speaking of which, the failure of the last summoning was also partly because the Twin Dragon Mount's settlement had just begun to absorb the Eagle Men's settlement core and the suppression it imposed on the Pure Blue Glass Heart wasn't very strong yet.
At this moment, the Eagle Men's settlement core had been half devoured.
The Twin Dragon Mount settlement had sufficient power of providence to reach Extraordinary Rank-6.
"Well, there are an Extraordinary Rank-6 Commander-level Soul of Civilization and an Extraordinary Rank-7 one. They don't have any corresponding offerings, and we don't need to welcome anyone else for now.
"We should seize this opportunity and transform the reward of the Stone of Civilization first!"
After completing the Ten-Species Competition quest, he received a Stone of Civilization that could be transformed into an Extraordinary Rank-7 Perfect item!
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